Bill Clinton Historical lecture. I would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, bernard schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our Public Programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. I would take this opportunity to say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at new York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Joined usned us today. [applause] and i want to recognize a longstanding and very special friend of new York Historical, eric rudin, who has joined us this morning. Thank eric for all he and his family have done over a very long time at this institution. Thank you. [applause] this Mornings Program will last about an hour and a half and it will include a question and answer session. You should
I would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. Opportunity tois say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Who have joined up today. [applause] and i want to recognize a if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles with notecards and pencils. The notecards will be collected later on in the program. There will be a book signing following the program this morning. The book signing will take place right outside these central doors in the smith gallery. Copies of the books are available for purchase at our ny History Museum store, which is located to my left on the 77th street side. We are really, truly delighted to welcome our guest speakers. David blight, professor of American History and director of th
Reigniting the National Debate over Police Brutality and has sparked a federal investigation. The Law Enforcement officer, has within their latitude of scope of duty, the ability to use the right amount of force. But not Excessive Force. Not Excessive Force as defined by the law. A tense situation in minneapolis tonight. Good evening, im christina run down. Im frank somerville. Those protests are spread around the country, including here in the bay area, but none of them with the intensity of minneapolis. This is video from the Third Police Precinct in minneapolis in just the past 90 minutes. Its been the focus of all the protests and tonight the building, as you can see, was set on fire. There are hundreds of protesters surrounding the precinct. Police officers were seen abandoning it, but there has been no sign of any firefighters as of yet. You can see people piling wood and cardboard at the entrance to the building and throwing fireworks as the fire burns out of control. The damage
Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and emancipation. I would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, Arnold Bernard schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. I want to say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Welcome all members who have joined up today. [applause] recognize ao longstanding and very special friend of New York Historical , eric rudin who has joined us , this morning. Thank eric for all he and his family have done over a very long time at this institution. Thank you. This Mornings Program will last about an hour and a half and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received a note card and a pencil as you entered the auditorium this morning. If not,
[music plays] jackson, you have a new book called american radicals. What years does your book cover . Prof. Jackson the earliest event in the book is 1817. It covers 1823 to 1870s. It covers the period roughly from the 1820s to the 1870s. Susan this is described as the second American Revolution. Why is that . Prof. Jackson the radicals in my book were calling for a second American Revolution based on what the revolution we know, fought by their fathers generation many had grandfathers who fought in the revolution. They described that revolution as merely political. They felt it had accomplished a separation from england. It had accomplished the foundation of a new political system. But the social revolution they had in mind would have to follow that merely Political Revolution in order to really bring into American Life the ideals of the founding that had to do with equality, with justice, that were glaringly not part of lived american experience, even in this new land. That was supp